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robustness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of robustness

1 the condition of being sound in body

  • she has the robustness of a woman half her age
Synonyms of robustness

fitness, health, healthiness, heartiness, sap, soundness, verdure, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness
Words Related to robustness

fettle, shape

cleanliness, hygiene

hardiness, lustiness, robustiousness, ruggedness, stamina, strength, toughness, vigor, vigorousness, vitality

bloom, flush, flushness

activeness, agility, liveliness, spryness

weal, welfare, well-being
Near Antonyms of robustness

debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, infirmity, lameness, sickliness, weakness

ailment, condition, disease, disorder, malady, trouble
Antonyms of robustness

illness, sickness, unhealthiness, unsoundness

2 the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity

  • the relentless robustness of the city has always inspired writers and artists
Synonyms of robustness

animation, briskness, exuberance, jazziness, liveliness, lustiness, peppiness, sprightliness, vibrance, vibrancy, vigorousness, vitality
Words Related to robustness

buoyancy, jauntiness, springiness

brightness, cheer, cheerfulness, chirpiness, effervescence, friskiness, pizzazz (or pizazz), sparkle, spirit, verve, vivaciousness, vivacity

eagerness, ebullience, ebulliency, enthusiasm, keenness, spiritedness

friskiness, impishness, pertness, playfulness
Near Antonyms of robustness

indolence, laziness

anemia, bloodlessness

languidness, languor, lethargy, limpness, listlessness, sleepiness, sluggishness, spiritlessness, torpidity, torpor, weariness

apathy, impassivity

dullness (also dulness), pallidness, tediousness, tedium, vapidity, vapidness
Antonyms of robustness

inactivity, lifelessness

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